Thanksgiving 2010

I love spending holiday's with family but who doesn't?  We packed up our bags this year, full of long underwear and sweatshirts and headed to South Dakota.  Brrrrrrr.  Thankfully the snow stayed away until the day we headed home.  The cold weather, on the other hand, was there to stay.

Mom and Maury live out in the middle of no where.  This is my kind of vacation.  Sleeping in, playing games, chatting the day away and LOTS of home cooked meals by Mom.  This trip was a little different when it comes to food though.  We had goose stew, pheasant tacos, deer steak and more.  The only thing I did not care for was the deer liver and heart.  Thankfully that was not the entree of the night.

James found a new hobby....hunting.  I cannot even describe how much he enjoyed this testosterone-filled activity.  Even more exciting is that he shot a deer and a couple of pheasant.  Not too shabby for his first week giving the sport a go.  Oh and I had the pleasure of helping clean this stuff.

The down side of the trip is there was a stomach bug circulating.  Just about everyone in the house got a touch of it or the full on thing.  Somehow Mom, Sheridan and I seemed to stay clear.  Shew!

Here's a few pictures.  Unfortunately I did a terrible job keeping my camera out, and the pictures I did take weren't too great.  Oh well.  Something is better than nothing.

Uncle James 

BB from a pheasant 

Getting ready to clean the pheasant 

James pheasant's --- he's recovering from the stomach bug so he doesn't look so hot.  Mick, Maury's hunting dog wouldn't smile for the picture.  He deserves lots of credit for the phesant hunting!

James first deer :)